New Delhi:
After days of persistent rain and gusty winds, the nationwide capital witnessed a pointy dip in temperatures together with a spell of unpolluted air, recording its coldest March day in six years and the cleanest air in about 5 months, with the AQI falling within the ‘passable’ class on Friday.
With the utmost temperature settling at 21.7 levels Celsius at Safdarjung, 9.6 levels beneath regular, Delhi logged its coldest March day since March 8, 2020, when the mercury had dropped to 21.2 levels Celsius.
After the rain, air high quality additionally improved markedly, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 93, putting it within the ‘passable’ class. This marks the primary such day in about 5 months (161 days), with the final time the town recorded ‘passable’ air high quality on October 9, 2025, when the AQI stood at 99.
According to CPCB requirements, an AQI of 0-50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51-100 ‘passable’, 101-200 ‘reasonable’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘extreme’.
Across the town, most temperatures remained properly beneath regular ranges.
Palam recorded a most temperature of 21.2 levels Celsius, 10.4 levels beneath regular. Lodhi Road recorded 21.0 levels Celsius, 9.0 levels beneath regular, Ridge 21.1 levels Celsius, 10.7 levels beneath regular, and Ayanagar 21.5 levels Celsius, 10.5 levels beneath regular.
On the minimal temperature entrance, Safdarjung recorded 16 levels Celsius, 0.5 levels beneath regular. Palam logged 14.7 levels Celsius, 1.7 levels beneath regular.
Lodhi Road recorded 15.8 levels Celsius, 0.8 levels above regular, Ridge recorded 15.1 levels Celsius, 2.6 levels beneath regular, and Ayanagar reported 16 levels Celsius, 0.2 levels beneath regular.
The metropolis recorded 7 mm of rainfall throughout the day, taking the common rainfall for the month to this point to 16.2 mm until date, making it the wettest March in three years since 2023, when the common rainfall stood at 50.4 mm.
After 8.30 am on Friday, rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung at 1.4 mm, Palam at 1.4 mm, Lodhi Road at 1.2 mm, Ridge at 1.0 mm and Ayanagar at 0.8 mm. Among different stations, Mayur Vihar recorded 2.5 mm, whereas Pusa and Janakpuri recorded 1.0 mm every.
Between 11.30 am and a pair of.30 pm, Safdarjung and Lodhi Road recorded no rainfall, whereas Palam recorded 0.2 mm, Ridge 0.2 mm and Ayanagar 0.2 mm. Among different stations, Najafgarh and Janakpuri recorded 0.5 mm every.
Between 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm, no station recorded any rainfall.
From 8.30 am on Thursday to eight.30 am on Friday, the nationwide capital recorded cumulative rainfall of 6.6 mm at Safdarjung, 5.4 mm at Palam, 6.3 mm at Lodhi Road, 7.4 mm at Ridge and 5.6 mm at Ayanagar.
The air high quality is more likely to be within the ‘reasonable’ class from Saturday to March 23, in line with the Air Quality Early Warning System.
For Saturday, the minimal temperature is anticipated to settle at 14 levels Celsius and the utmost temperature at 27 levels Celsius, with a forecast of a partly cloudy sky, bringing an finish to the current spell of wet days.
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